Buckle and like mounting



@ Jan. 26, 1954 M. M. ISAACS BUCKLE AND LIKE MOUNTING Filed March 25,1950 FIG.

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MARCUS MANLY ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 26, 1954 BUCKLE AND LIKE MOUNTINGMarcus Manly Isaacs,'St. Leonards, New South Wales, AustraliaApplication March 25, 1950, Serial No. 151,968

3 Claims.

This invention relates to fastening means for clothing, particularly tothe securing of buckles, metallic Ds and like constructions (hereinaftertermed buck1es) to clothing.

Whilst applicable to other uses, the invention is hereinafter describedin relation to the waistband of a garment, which is one of its moreusual applications.

The principal disadvantage of the conventional mounting for securingbuckles to tags on garments is the tendency of the buckle to twist inits mounting when stress is applied thereto. Such twisting is not onlyunsightly and sometimes uncomfortable, but it can cause the release bythe buckle of the strap secured therein. A further disadvantage of theconventional mounting is iat it does not spread the stress (for instanceover the waistband) but permits such stress to be localised to the widthof the buckle and so ac-' centuates puckering of the waistband withconsequent discomfort and unsightly appearance.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved mountingfor buckles, which will prevent twisting of the buckle under all normalconditions, and which spreads the stress over a wider area of theWaistband or the like. The invention therefore overcomes the majordisadvantages of the conventional mounting.

In order to fully describe the invention reference is made to theaccompanying drawings which depict in perspective a preferred embodimentthereof as applied to a waistband, and in which:

Figs. 1 to 3 illustrate three progressive stages of the mounting of abuckle.

A strip 5 of material to form the outer layer of part of the waistbandhas a square end from the corners of which two inwardly inclinedincisions "I, F are made partway into the strip. A piece of stiffeningis at its inner end, cut to the full width of the strip 6, and is formedwith inclined shoulders 9, 9 terminating in a rectangular tongue itwhich is to form the core of a tag end on the waistband to receive abuckle.

The stiffening 8 is laid on the inner side of the strip 6 as shown inFig. 1, and the four flaps l l, I i and i2, i2 formed in the strip 6 bythe incisions l, l, are laid over the stiffening 8 as shown in Fig. 2,and are secured in place by two transverse lines of tacking I3 and Hi.This forms a reinforced tag 15 on the end of the strip 6.

stiffening 8 in rear of shoulders 9 may be abbreviated as shown in thedrawings or it may extend further (or even wholly) around the waistbandstrip 6.

The next step in formation, as shown Fig.

3, is to insert tag 15 through the (conventional) buckle I6, return italong the inner side of strip 6, and lay the end of strip 6 and attachedbuckle over the end of a further section ll of the waistband. Theseelements are then secured by lines of stitching I8 through the varioussuperposed elements. It will be noted that this stitching can be veryclose to the enclosed leg of the buckle which thus impedes the twistingof the buckle in its mounting on the waistband.

The construction provides a firm mounting which closely grips the buckleacross its full width and which will, under normal conditions of usage,prevent the buckle from twisting in such mounting. It will also beobserved that the stifiening 8 assists in spreading the tensional stressof the buckle across the waistband to a width greater than that of thebuckle, thus reducing pucker of the waistband resulting from suchstress.

Fig. 3 also illustrates a complementary aperture 19 in the waistband toreceive a strap 23, which is engaged through the buckle.

The invention may be varied from the preferred form above described, orit may be applied to a number of uses other than a waistband. Itprovides a very simple and effective means for accurately securing abuckle or the like in position against twist.

I claim:

1. A fastening means for securing .buckles forming a loop to articles ofclothing, formed from a strip of material having a square end from thetwo corners of which extend inclined incisions inwardly into the stripso as to form two triangular flaps at each said two corners, a strip ofstiffening material of the same width as said first named strip beingpositioned on one side of the latter and being provided with a narrowrectangular tongue having parallel longitudinal edges, the outer end ofsaid tongue extending to the square end of said strip of material, andinclined shoulders between the inner end of the tongue and the outeredges of the strip of stiffening material, said incisions in said stripof material terminating adjacent the inner end of the tongue where theinclined shoulders of the stiffening strip begin, two of said triangularflaps being folded along said inclined shoulders over said stiffeningand the two other flaps being folded along said parallel longitudinaledges of said rectangular tongue over the same, said tongue as coveredby said last named flaps extending through the loop of the buckle andbeing folded about a line extending between the inner ends of saidincisions upon the flaps folded about 3 inclined shoulders and beingfixedly secured thereto.

2. A fastening means as claimed in claim 1, including an additionalstrip of material, such as a portion. of a Waistband, placed against oneside of said strip of material having the buckle attached thereto, andstitching extending along said inclined shoulders and through the foldedtriangular flaps and said two strips of material.

3. A fastening means as claimed in claim 1, including an additionalstrip of material, such as a portion of a waistband, placed against oneside of said strip of material having the buckle attached thereto, andstitching extending along said inclined shoulders and through the foldedtriangular flaps and said two strips of material, and additionalstitching extending throughsaid 4 folded tongue adjacent the part of thebuckle covered by said tongue and through said two strips of material.

MARCUS MANLY ISAACS.

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